Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science
I am a linguist with interests in phonology and morphology. I specialize in African languages and have worked with Native American communities on language reclamation projects.
You can contact me at mary.paster(at)pomona.edu.
You can download my CV here.
Research interests:
- African languages
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Language description and documentation
- Language reclamation
Languages I have worked on with native speakers:
- Gã (Kwa; Ghana)
- Leggbo (Benue-Congo; Nigeria)
- Achumawi (Hokan; Northeastern California)
- Buchan Scots (Germanic; Northeastern Scotland)
- Pulaar (Atlantic; Senegal)
- Mixtepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean; Mexico)
- Tiriki (Bantu; Kenya)
- Maay (Cushitic; Somalia)
- Luganda (Bantu; Uganda)
- Asante Twi (Kwa; Ghana)
- Malayalam (Dravidian; India)
- Manyika (Bantu; Zimbabwe)
- Tofingbe (Kwa; Benin)
- Kikuria (Bantu; Kenya)
- Logoori (Bantu; Kenya)
- Kipsigis (Nilotic; Kenya)
- Yoruba (Benue-Congo; Nigeria)
- Kikuyu (Bantu; Kenya)
Links:
- 7 College Native American Indigenous Studies Network
- Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
- African Linguistics School
- Association of Contemporary African Linguistics
- CoLang: the Institute for Collaborative Language Research
- Foundation for Endangered Languages
- Linguistic Variation journal
- NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages Program
- NSF Linguistics Program
- Pomona College Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department
- Rumsen Language Reclamation Project
- Somali Bantu Community of San Diego
- Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Word Structure journal
- Yurok Language Project
I am honored to work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded land of the Gabrielino-Tongva people.